Newly released 9-11 photos

Thursday, February 11, 2010

The Associated Press

The Associated Press released these images obtained by ABC News showing aerial views of the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The photos had never been publicly available before.

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke and ash engulfing the area around the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke and ash engulfing the area around the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke and ash rising above downtown high-rise buildings and engulfing lower Manhattan in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke and ash rising in the area around the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke billowing from the grounds of World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York as it begins to crumble. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York as it begins to collapse. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News under the Freedom of Information Act shows a World Trade Center tower burning after it was hit by a passenger jet in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke and ash engulfing the area around the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke billowing from one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

In this Sept. 11, 2001 photo made by the New York City Police Department and provided by ABC News, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 smoke billows from the grounds of World Trade Center in New York after terrorists flew two airliners into the towers. (AP Photo/AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)

In this Sept. 11, 2001 photo made by the New York City Police Department and provided by ABC News, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010, white ash covers the downtown area near the grounds of World Trade Center in New York, after terrorists flew two airliners into the towers. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)